Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Stillbirths
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
1
2
3
Illegitimate
—
1
1
1
3
4
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 5.9
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 estimated total population 0.15
Stillbirth rate for England and Wales 16.3
Total Births (Live and still)
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
313
293
606
Illegitimate
37
33
75
350
331
681
Infant Mortality
Males
Females
Total
Legitimate
5
7
12
Illegitimate
—
—
—
5
7
12
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 total live births 17.7
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 live legitimate births 19.9
Neo natal mortality rate (deaths under four weeks per
1,000 total live births) 14.3
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under one week per
1,000 total live births) 14.3
Perinatal mortality rate (still-births and deaths under
one week combined, per 1,000 total live and still births) 20.6
Infant mortality rate for England and Wales 20.0
Maternal Mortality
Maternal deaths (including abortion) NIL
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 total live and still births NIL
Maternal mortality rate for England and Wales 0.26
Deaths Males Females Total
134 135 319
Crude death rate per 1,000 estimated total population 12.2
Adjusted rate for comparison with other areas 13.3
(The area comparability factor for deaths is 1.09)
Death rate for England and Wales 11.3
The deaths registered totalled 319 equal to a crude death rate for the
year of 12.2 per 1,000 total copulation compared with 13.7 for 1963.
Deaths among the inmates of an institution for men numbered 39.
Tubercu1osis
There were two deaths from tuberculosis in Penge during 1964.
Maternal Mortality
There were no maternal deaths during the year.
Infantile Mortality
There were 12 deaths of infants under one year of age.
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